Quality improvement can decrease blood delivery turnaround time: Evidence from a single tertiary-care academic medical center by Hammad Y.A.

“…Results: After implementing the remedial actions, the second audit confirmed considerable improvements across all three components that comprise the blood TAT. The transport time significantly decreased from an initial majority of > 15 mins duration, to a majority of < 15 mins transport time after the second audit; there was a 50% improvement in 30 mins response time; and the percentage of requests processed in < 10 mins were significantly higher after the second audit. …”
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Adaptive thermal comfort in the different buildings of Darjeeling Hills in eastern India – Effect of difference in elevation by Thapa, Samar

“…Whereas, the mean comfort temperature decreased with the elevation of the location and this difference was also statistically significant, t = −92.34 (df = 2607, p < 0.001). …”
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Rare case of norethisterone-induced hepatitis: A case report. by Arafa, Eiman A

“…We report a case of probable norethisterone-related liver injury, manifesting as a significant rise in liver transaminases in a 62-year-old woman. …”
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A case of probable esomeprazole-induced transient liver injury in a pregnant woman with hyperemesis by B. , Thomas

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Assessment of treatment burden and its impact on quality of life in dialysis-dependent and pre-dialysis chronic kidney disease patients by Al-mansouri, A.

“…Background The management of chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its complications places a significant burden on patients, resulting in impairment of their health-related quality of life (HR-QOL). …”
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Oman: Food Security in Times of Uncertainty by Hoetjes, Gertjan

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A model for capacitated green vehicle routing problem with the time-varying vehicle speed and soft time windows by Xu Z.

“…The results of numerical experiments show that the consumption of fuel in a supply chain can be decreased sharply without any significant loss in customer satisfaction. …”
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Significance of pyrolytic temperature, application rate and incubation period of biochar in improving hydro-physical properties of calcareous sandy loam soil by Albalasmeh, Ammar A.

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Applying value-based strategies to accelerate access to novel cancer medications: guidance from the Oncology Health Economics Expert Panel in Qatar (Q-OHEP) by Hamad, Anas

“…Background: In line with global trends, cancer incidence and mortality may have decreased for specific types of cancer in Qatar. However, the cancer-related burden on patients, healthcare systems, and the economy is expected to expand; thus, cancer remains a significant public healthcare issue in Qatar. …”
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Dynamic workload patterns prediction for proactive auto-scaling of web applications by Iqbal W.

“…Finally, the identified workload patterns for a specific number of last time intervals are used to predict the workload pattern of the next interval. …”
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Time Delay and Cost Overrun in Qatari Public Construction Projects by Senouci, Ahmed

“…On the other hand, cost overruns for drainage projects decreased with increasing contract prices. A significant effort was spent in collecting data on cost overruns and delays in public construction projects. …”
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Event-triggered fault detection for discrete-time LPV systems by Golabi, Arash

“…It is shown that through two event-triggered data transmission mechanisms, the amount of data sent to the fault detection module is decreased significantly. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed design methodology.…”
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A Framework for Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing for Orthopedic Procedure by Holozada, Bayan Hani

“…Data was collected from interviewing staff and patients, financial reports, and human resource reports. Multiple linear regression (MLR) model is used to test strength of relationship between time and cost variable. …”
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Psychiatric inpatients' views of their mental health, and their experience of social change, during the pandemic: A report from Qatar by Badanapurkar, Ashishkumar

“…Those reporting worsened mental health, attributable to the pandemic, were significantly more likely to report having experienced four negative social changes during the pandemic, namely reduced ability to discuss emotions/feelings with family members, decreased time spent exercising, decreased time spent relaxing and increased stress from the home. …”
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Event-triggered fault detection and isolation for discrete-time linear systems by Hajshirmohamadi, Shahram

“…It is shown that through an event-triggered data transmission mechanism, the amount of data that is sent to the FDI module is significantly decreased. Simulation results corresponding to a remotely operated vehicle demonstrate the effectiveness and capabilities of the proposed design methodology. …”
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Prediction of critical total drawdown in sand production from gas wells: Machine learning approach by Alakbari, Fahd Saeed

“…The RSM correlation decreased the average absolute percent relative error (AAPRE) by 12.7% compared to all published correlations' AAPRE of 22.6%–30.4%. …”
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Swimming exercise improves short- and long-term memories: Time-course changes by Alomari, Mahmoud A.

“…However, the memory enhancement profile following the time-course of exercise training remains unknown. …”
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Is It Time We Changed How We Measure Length of Stay for Hip and Knee Arthroplasty? by McCulloch, Robert

“…Use of hours as the unit of measure of LOS enabled analysis of the time of day of discharge. With decreasing LOS and day-case arthroplasty, a measurement in median hours should become the standard to allow for the detection of subtle changes.…”
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The potential role of vitamin D supplementation as a gut microbiota modifier in healthy individuals by Singh, Parul

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A computational model to predict the structural and functional consequences of missense mutations in O6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase by Thirumal Kumar, D

“…These six mutations were subjected to pathogenicity, stability, and conservation analysis using online servers such as PredictSNP, iStable, and ConSurf, respectively. From the predictions, all the six mutations were almost predicted to be significant. …”
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